I was looking at monofins today and came across the Finis Foil (which is inexpensive enough to just give it a try). The thing is - the advert talks about "The Foil Body Motion" as taught by Bob Gillette. I cant seem to find any reference to this technique outside of the sales materials for the monofin. Is this a real thing or merely sales propaganda? If real, can anyone point me to training or other reference materials?
Bill
Thank you VERY much. Now I just need to convince Santa to bring me a Foil Monofin.
Happy Holidays,
Bill
There are two schools of thought on dolphin kicking. There is the Gillette school -- kick on your side, big amplitude undulation. And there is the Brett Hawke school -- kick on your back with fast compact SDKs. Personally, I subscribe to the latter, but it likely depends on the particular swimmer and their body type. I also really dislike the Finis Foil monofin. I ordered it and promptly returned it. Because it is so floppy, there is not much benefit over using stiffer long blade fins, IMO. I prefer the Finis Shooter monofin or long blade fins for dolphin kicking (and I do a LOT of it).
YMMV
Thank you VERY much. Now I just need to convince Santa to bring me a Foil Monofin.
Happy Holidays,
Bill
There are two schools of thought on dolphin kicking. There is the Gillette school -- kick on your side, big amplitude undulation. And there is the Brett Hawke school -- kick on your back with fast compact SDKs. Personally, I subscribe to the latter, but it likely depends on the particular swimmer and their body type. I also really dislike the Finis Foil monofin. I ordered it and promptly returned it. Because it is so floppy, there is not much benefit over using stiffer long blade fins, IMO. I prefer the Finis Shooter monofin or long blade fins for dolphin kicking (and I do a LOT of it).
YMMV
